<p>that is good news. i mean, i care about the environment and all, but human lives are equally (if not more) important…</p>
<p>Sorry friend you have been misinformed. DDT is safe stuff. Here is a partial list for blamind DDT, and I provide sources why that’s simple green propaganda.</p>
<p>1)DDT was alleged to have thinned bird egg shells.</p>
<p>Truth: Many experiments on caged-birds demonstrate that DDT and its metabolites (DDD and DDE) do not cause serious egg shell thinning, even at levels many hundreds of times greater than wild birds would ever accumulate. </p>
<p>Source:
Cecil, HC et al. 1971. Poultry Science 50: 656-659 (No effects of DDT or DDE, if adequate calcium is in diet); </p>
<p>Statement and affidavit, EPA Hearings on Tussock Moth Control, Portland Oregon, p. 9 (January 14, 1974); </p>
<p>Jeffries, DJ. 1969. J Wildlife Management 32: 441-456 (Shells 7 percent thicker after two years on DDT diet); and its metabolites); </p>
<p>Bull Environ Contam. Toxicol 5:191-194 (Neither egg weight nor shell thickness affected by 300 parts per million DDT in daily diet);Edwards, JG. 1973.</p>
<p>Statement and affidavit, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, 24 pages, October 24, 1973; Poult Sci 1979 Nov;58(6):1432-49 ("There was no correlation between concentrations of pesticides and egg shell thinning]</p>
<p>2) DDT Linked to endangering of, or extinction of peregrine falcon?
Truth: The decline in the U.S. peregrine falcon population occurred long before the DDT years.</p>
<p>Source:Hickey JJ. 1942. (Only 170 pairs of peregrines in eastern U.S. in 1940) Auk 59:176</p>
<p>The Myth of the Vanishing Peregrine Falcon: A study in manipulation of public and official attitudes. Canadian Raptor Society Publication, 31 pages</p>
<p>**Truth: There was no decline in peregrine falcon pairs in Canada and Alaska between 1950 and 1967 despite the presence of DDT and DDE. **</p>
<p>Source: Fyfe, RW. 1959. Peregrine Falcon Populations, pp 101-114; and Fyfe, RW. 1968. Auk 85: 383-384</p>
<p>**Truth: The peregrine with the very highest DDT residue (2,435 parts per million) was found feeding three healthy young. **</p>
<p>Source: Enderson, JH. 1968. (Pesticide residues in Alaska and Yukon Territory) Auk 85: 683</p>
<p>I could ramble on, and make environmentalists on this forum very angry (I am, after all, using inconvinient facts), but the truth of the matter is still the same. DDT is safe!</p>
<p>I’m too indifferent to post much about this, APES does to one.</p>
<p>But … 1971 - 1968 - 1959 are some of the years posted.</p>
<p>Believe me, I support DDT. I however do feel that some of those drastic changes were largely due to DDT. But more importantly, the effects of DDT were due to the overspreading usage of it. Areas were sprayed with well over a hundred times more amounts of DDT than neccesarily needed. </p>
<p>If they could control the quantity of DDT used, it indeed would be reprephased as a miracle chemical.</p>
<p>Sorry to tear away from this fascinating digression, but I was wondering if anyone knows any upper body workouts that will have more visible effects. I have become a LOT stronger, but I’m not gonna run around doing impressive quantities of pushups on prom day; I’m gonna show off my arms. Unfortunately, at this point, I have nothing to show off. It’s all internal, so to speak. So how can I create more visible definition?</p>
<p>And looking at the evidence presented, I do support the use of DDT.</p>
<p>I guess you can do pullups and conc. curls (with heavy heavy weights) to get a good ‘cut’. If your intention is to get stronger, it doesn’t matter really if you can show your body off.</p>